January 2011

Sunday, was undeniably wild, wet and windy. Emma and I did manage a nice walk out across the fields at the end of Launton Road (probably our closest bit of ‘country’), but other than that it really was a day…

10:16 would really like to go out for a walk this morning followed by some good hibernation time. It’s that kind of day. #winterweekends # 19:10 RT @krishgm When The Kings Speech cleans up at BAFTA and Oscars will ministers…

11:42 has realised that books are my drug. I’m an addict. #books # 19:04 has just written about 500 words to #MrTumnal in the time it took Emma to have a brief, afternoon sleep… #progressisprogress # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

Thursday evening was the perfect example of that strange phenomenon whereby one’s best creative ideas occur to one, at the most inconvenient of times. Umm, like driving… Such as it was for me today, driving home – in some quite…

Back in the summer, when we first head that Creation Theatre were going to do Rapunzel or The Magic Pig in the antique spiegeltent this Christmas, we were a little unsure about whether or not we wanted to go and…

23:16 went back in time 10 years tonight; Hilary was sitting next to me playing Les Mis on flute. I certainly played more notes than back then 🙂 # 12:53 I scored 5 out of 7 on the BBC News…

10:15 : If we could convert greed into energy, we’d solve our global warming problem via @melliebuse # 12:17 wonders whether my office bin is ever going to be emptied? There’s things in the bottom that were thrown out last…

23:46 can’t stop the plotting. Not even at twemty to midnight… # 10:19 RT @janerawson @newsobserver Twitter’s full of regional accents bit.ly/fSzYq7 # 12:15 : One of life’s greatest truths is that socks do not mate for life. via @melliebuse…

I wrote yesterday how the spelling and grammar challenged among us can use facebook and twitter to our advantage! Today I called upon my fellow tweeters and facebookers in the course of research. I have a scene coming up in…

I’ve been striving for the this milestone for the last few weeks, inching steadily, closer and closer. And now I’m here. What’s more, I’m about there when it comes to my mental plan of the novel. The point in the…

16:04 wonders: should it be Mum and Dad or mum and dad? Always? Ever? …never? #grammar #question # 16:22 thinks that I should write about how the spelling and grammar challenged among us can use facebook and twitter to our…

Whilst I was retracing my steps on Saturday looking for my lost amber, I heard part of BBC Radio 4’s Weekend Woman’s Hour, which had a bit all amount creative writing and why picking up the pen still wins out…

13:55 has reached the point where Louis Tumnal’s life is about to implode… # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

I have just written quite a hard scene; an important one. It’s been brewing and building for a while now, when Kathryn finally finds out about Louis’ infidelity, and Louis finds it impossible to explain to her that it really…

09:27 Thanks! What I find curious is how the pictures of Orion and Pleiades are pin-point sharp, but the one of Jupiter shows… j.mp/hYQc6O # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

I’ve had a nice day even if much of the morning was spent on my knees in the garden fondling rabbit and chicken poo from the recycling bin in the fruitless hope of finding my amber pendant. After I finished…

18:17 is very distraught. I’ve lost the amber stone from the amber pendant I bought in Tallinn in 2003. 🙁 # 18:42 That’s true what you say about the reader not being entirely sympathetic towards Tom Lynn but still rooting…

Inspired by the recent Stargazing Live on BBC2 this week, I have taken my camera on a first foray into the garden, on the first clear night to take pictures of the stars. The following were all taken at f5.6…

I have a reached the point in Part Two of Mr Tumnal where Kathryn is finding out more about Louis. Bothered by his alleged double life she has been doing some digging only to reveal more questions than she asked…

It’s always good to get feedback on one’s words. Tonight’s from came hot on the heels of me going through the first 180 pages addressing the confusion of the Louis’/Lewis’ (having coloured them different colours), I discovered that they were…